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The Cartersville Courant-American.
VOL. IX.
0D DR. FELTON SAYS NAY
To instructions Which Were For
warded Him.
.•I \\i" Never Obey Instructions, the Effect
of Wlvcli VVi'l be to Engt 'f the Farming
Class of Georgia in I'literacy,” Etc.
The following open letter, sent to the
Constitution Monday by Dr. Felton,
will explain itself:
Ni;Alt CABTEBSVILLEjGa., August 10.—
To Cassville Farmers’ Alliance, Mr. Scott
Dodd, President, Mr. Lon Gilbert, Secre
turv: Gentlemen —I have received a
copy of your resolutions instructing me,
a „ o*ne 0 * ne of the representatives in the State
legislature from this county, t 6 vote
a! rainst all appropriations of public
money for higher education, and to vote
all such appropriations to common
schools.
Permit me, gentlemen, to say that as
a representative of the entire people of
the county, and having the prosperity
and happiness of Georgians in view, espe
jially the white iarming class, of whom
am one, I cannot and will not obey
vour instructions.
It is believed that these instructions
rere managed and instigated by persons
vho had ulterior objects in view aud who
ire using the Farmers' Alliance all over
he State to make these objects a success
or their own personal benefit.
It is understood that there is a central
uthority which has sent out its agents
o'carry out its purposes, and to instill
uch prejudices into the minds of the
inners of the State as will permanently
ijure the Farmers’ Alliance aud defeat
he noble ends for which it was originated.
My educational bill, as drafted and m
roduced by myself into the legislature,
evoted one-half of the rental of the
Western and Atlantic railroad to the
onnnon schools of the State, no matter
ow high the annual rental might go.
'ommou schools only get that much of
he rental now—no more.
Common schools also receive and will
ontinue to receive all tne liquor tax, all
he poll tax, all the hire of convicts and
he fees from the inspection of fertilizers,
ot to mention several other sources of
ivenue, making a grand total of over
alfa million of dollars given by the
ix-payers of Georgia for comm on school
lucation, of which the negro gets oue
alf, aud it is apparent to all that the
imaining ha'f has accomplished but
tile in educating the poor white chil
■ren of the State. Its failures aud de
ftars are palpable, as you knd)w.
■ Out of the remainder of fhe rental of
■re Western and Atlantic railroad, I
ftily asked that a few thousand dollars
ft set apart to provide high schools or
■strict colleges or county academies for
Be white girls and boys, that they might
ft least be able to compete with the col
fted pupils, who are trained, boarded
Hid taught everything that ic to be
ftnned in first-class institutions of the
ftuutry. My bill, therefore, simply pro
■des for the white children of Georgia
Bnilar educational privileges already
ftovided for the colored people byNorth-
Hn philanthrophy. If you desire to
ftppress the white race and give su
ftemacy to an inferior race, your resolu
ftms express your wishes; but I trust
Bu were ignorant of their effect. These
Bored colleges and educational advan-
Bges for colored people are being aug
mented by millions every year i.-om
Bnthern generosity and sympathy.
Northern people, who fought to free
Be slave, are determined to educate him
Hud 1 am not opposed to their munifi-
Buee), and they are rich enough to
Bord opportunities that Southern pov
ftty will never rival in its gifts to white
ftildren mid their education. It would
■ 'pear from yonr resolutions in the
ftmners’ Alliance that you are incapa
-1" of comprehending this danger.
■These resolutions strike mb as a most
ftnatural proceeding—on the part of
ft lll . "’ho make a business of complain
jft that legislation has done nothing
ft them or their children. It amazes
ft' that, the white farming Class, who are
B dependent on such appropriations for
Be education of white girls and boys of
■ e State, should be led on by certain
B’dticians, to stab the dearest hopes of
fteir own children—and through preju-
BpU to be influenced to their own in
ft hardly thought it necessary to tell
ft u that all money appropriated to
ftmniou schools, is divided pro rata with
ft' colored race, while the money appro
■'ted to the university and its branches
ft es directly to white pupils, under the
of the State—and the hegis
ft Ure is authorized to apply it in any
Buuty under the dilection of the Stage’s
of university education. I also
B u ßht it hardly necessary to tell you
fl at constitution of the State posi
forbids the appropriation of a
dollar to sectarian or denomina-
Krf 1 Coll, L re . but such are the facts.
1 obey your instructions, the door is
c\er closed to the white girls of Geoi-
a ’ parents are unable to pay
board aud tuition and traveling ex
penses to denominational colleges. I
fondly hoped to bring higher education
within their reach, that they might have
an equal chance with the children of col
ored people, who are coaxed to enter
colleges where everything is paid for by
Northern money.
You will please remember, gentlemen,
that I am a farmer as well as yourselves.
Aon will also remember that after forty
years of intimate association with you
and your fathers, that I would advocate
no measure that would oppress the
farmers of Bartow county, because I
share alike your burdens and prosperity.
There have been a great many peti
tions sent to the members of the legisla
ture from the Farmers’ Alliance, coming
from the different counties of the State,
against higher education, in favor of the
Olive bill (which is a bill, in my judg
ment, destructive of the rights of prop
erty, communistic in its tendency, and
dangerous to the material prosperity of
Georgia), and petitions touching other
matters and questions before the legisla
ture. They all betray the marks of a
central control —hatched aud concocte*].
in prejudice and for the benefit of de
signing demagogues, so that I fear your
Farmers’ Alliance is rapidly becoming a
secret political organization under the
control of a. central head, and helpless to
disobey orders from the center, and
which, if it is not better regulated aud
modified, will cause it to share the fate
of the Knownotliing party.
Even now, the two prominent candi
dates of vour order are fighting each
other to the death for the Governorship
of this State. The whole State is being
vigorously canvassed for that purpose,
and no sort of a gathering can occur,
unless some political agent is present to
sow seeds of discord and enmity. Nearly
every speech is clothed in maudlin sym
pathy for the farmer, while the cloven
loot of self-interest and pecuniary bene
fit shows underneath. All those who
have axes to grind are well paid, I un
derstand, and you are “whooped up”
that you may be more effectually fleeced
of your hard earnings.
As certain as we live, the farmers of
Bartow- county and of the State will be
forced to throw overboard some of these
designing men to preserve their self
respect aud protect their pockets. It is
to be regretted that an organization
composed of farmers, and professedly
devoted to farming interests aud noth
ing else, should thus array itself agaiust
education, progress and elevation of the
farmers’ children above the common
herd, and allow itself turned into a po
litical machine, to elevate spoilsmen into
the public offices.
It is a fearful outlook when paid agents
are sent over the land to array one class
against every other—the poor against
the rich, the ignorant against the edu
cated, farmers against merchants,
against railroads, against lawyers,
against town physicians, against every
thing that has lifted our country to
glory and power, and which has made it
a refuge for liberty loving people from
all lands—and the only land on God’s
earth in which the poor man has a living
chance, or his children a hope for the fu
ture.
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me assume
yon I will never obey instructions, the
effect of which will be to engulf the farm
ing class of Georgia in illiteracy, igno
rance and poverty.
I am, very respectfully,
Wm. H. Felton.
Supply of Cotton Bagging.
In the hurry to place orders for cotton
bagging, farmers and merchants have
asked the delivery for the entire season
to be made in August and September,
This will not give the mills any work for
October and November. The mills can
not, of course, meet so great a demand
in such limited time.
I am just in receiptof aconimunioation
from the mills asking that they be au
thorized by purchasers to divide out the
amount already in hand. Additional
orders can be filled for the early months
if the mills are authorized to carry over
a part of their orders on hand to the
later months.
I beg that parties who have sent in
orders will accommodate this request of
the manufacturers, so that all farmers
may have an equal chance to obtain cot
ton bagging for the early months.
Wm. J. Northen,
Ch'm'n Com. Cotton Bagging.
The Australian ballot system will be
tried for the first time in Massachusetts
soon, and electors are going through a
course of instruction, given gratis by the
newspapers, as to the proper method of
depositing their votes. There is danger
that prejudice will lie aroused agaiust
the system by creuting the impression
that it is too complicated to be readily
understood.
Red Men Attention.
Meet at wigwam to-night at § o’clock,
run promptly; work in adoption degree.
Visiting chiefs cordially invited to attend.
Albert Strickland, Sachem.
Jas. M. F -:li>8, Chiet of Records.
CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1881).
MRS. FELTON WAS THERE.
And Bpo. Jackson Finds it Out to
His Sorrow.
He Found the *‘Girls in the Cornfield”
and left Them There—An Episode
Which Created a Sensation.
Atlanta Constitution.
The alliance people of Bartow county
are not only improvingtheirfarnffng but
cultivating a solid spirit that is pleasant
to behold. They are having some of the
most delightful pieuies we ever saw. The
one'at Crow’s Spring last Thursday was
a notable one, on account of the large
number attendingand the pleasureof the
occasion as well as the spicy little episode
which created the sensation of the day.
The crowd present was variously esti
mated at from fifteen to twenty-five hun
dred people. The basket dinner was ex
cellent in every respect and most abun
dant, enough being ieft to feed fully as
many more. The-speeches were all very
good.
Ex-President Jackson, of the Georgia
Alliance, was present and delivered the
first speech, of about two hours in
length, beginning at about 10 o’clock a.
m. and closing at 12 in. In the course
of Mr. Jackson’s remarks in speaking of
the legislation of the county, he said it
had been all for the benefit of the rich
and the few at the expense of the poor
and the many. He spoke in the highest
terms of the Olive hill and the Brady
bill, but when he came to consider Dr.
Felton’s educational bill he was not so
complimentary. He seemed to be of the
opinion that this bill partook largely of
the common drift of legislation to aid
the rich who alone cbuld have the bene
fits of “higher education,” at the ex
pense of the poor. The speaker, as all
public speakers do when there are many
ladies present, took occasion to speak of
them in the highest praise, and said that
in repairing our lost fortunes the ladies
of Georgia had taken an uctive and hon
orable part. That wherever he had
been he had found them “in the kitchen,
in the garden and in the cornfield.”
The speaker, while passing his strict
ures upon Dr. Felton’s bill, was wholly
unconscious of the fact that Mrs. Felton
was in the audience and had been in
vited to say a few words to the ladies
immediately after dinner. During this
interval, Mrs. Felton, who had gone to
the picnic without the slightest notice
that she would be requested to say any
thing, prepared in pencil what she ex
pected to say. In the meantime it had
leaked out that Mrs. Felton would reply
to the strictures of Mr. Jackson on Dr.
Felton’s bill. This furnished the sensa
tion of the day. Everybody knew Mrs.
Felton, her keen wit and withering sar
casm. Therefore from the whisperings
that she would reply to Mr. Jackson
every one was on the alert. She began
what she had to say by referring to the
amount of money that Northern philan
thropists bad devoted to the education
of the negro; the girls as well as Hie
boys. The fact that with this extra ad
vantage over the white girls, in time it
was bound to tell. That the State had
done nothing for tho education of the
girls farther than to allow them to enter
a branch college when there was a va
cancy for want of a boy. That Dr. Fel
ton’s bill proposed to do something for
them and thus keep “black heels from
white necks;” that sixty dollars per
month as a telegraph operator or some
thing of the kind beat being found “in
the kitchen, in the garden and in the
cornfield;” that Mr. Jackson had been
in the senate of Georgia four years; that
when he entered that honorable body
the girls of Georgia were “in the kitchen,
in the garden and in the cornfields,” and
that now, after the expiration of his
term of service, when he visited them
he found them “in the kitchen, in th •
garden and in the cornfield.” This was
said in her most sarcastie way, and was
too good to escape. The applause and
laughter was hearty. Before Mrs. Felton
concluded her remarks the reply was
complete, I assure you, and Mr. .Jackson
could not have been more astonished
had he heard a clap of thunder from a
clear sky. Mr. Jackson had an engage
ment-to preach last night at Cassville,
but Captain Lyons jocularly remarked
after tne speaking was over that he did
not think that Mr. Jackson would
preach unless he was assured that Mrs.
Felton would be there to reply.
A report of this picnic would he wholly
incomplete by a failure to mention Cap
tain Lyon’s speech, which, for solid Al
liauce matter, could not be' excelled.
Captain Lyon's anecdotes were very ap
propriate and illustrated the subject
under discussion. His speech was one of
the happiest efforts of his life.
Notice t > Subscribers.
The subscribers to the Sam Jones
Female College are hereby notified that
all subscriptions to the college called
for heretofore and unpaid to me August
20th instant, will be put in suit.
By order of the directors,
Geo. H. Aubrey,
Secretary, S. J. F. C.
BARTOW’S WEALTH
Tax Receiver Dunnahoo’g i>igest Show* up
Spleiidltlly for Progress*
From Air. Dunuahoo’s neat and cor
rect digest we get the following figures,
showing the property values, profession
al and poi# tax, by districts, as well as
the grand aggregate, for the present
year :
VAT. PROP. PROF. POLLS.
Carters ville 1,950,204 840 519
Wolf Pen 81,362 10 124
Stamp Cr'k 28,067 67
Allatoosa 68,581 80
Emerson 156.926 60 86
Euhttrlefe 285.062 60 165
Iron Hill 48,259 60
Taylorsville 118,785 20 101
Cassville 229.565 40 186
Kingston 242,214 20 280
Adairsville, 699,981 50 254
Sixth 142,042 20 14S
Pine Log 153,185 20 172
Salacoa 14.672 22
Total white $6,918,575
Total eol'd 85.717 275
Supplement 14,189 10 4
Wild laud 19,756
Total grand aggrate taxa
able property $4,068,267
Total prof, tax 590
Total polls 2,697
Last year’s total grand ag
gregate— prop, taxable $3,654,520
Polls 2,519
Then- figures show an increase in the
county’s taxable property of $683,817.
The following complimentary letter
from the comptroller general speaks for
itself, and is another evidence of the
faithfulness and efficiency of our friend
Dunnahoo its an officer:
Comptroller General’s Office. )
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. sth, 1889. f
Nat Dunn/ ioo. Esq., R. T. R. Bartow
County—Dear Sir: Your digest for
1889 received, and upon examination I
find it an excellent book in all respects.
Its neatness, correctness and very large
increase in the returns all commend it
very highly. Yours respectfully,
W. A. Wright, Comp. Gen.
Will Come to Rome.
Will .T. Neel, of Cart.ersville, will, after
the* first of September, be located in
Rome, where he will engage in the prac
tice of law.
As an old time '.Tend and acquaint
ance, the writer takes pleasure, in ad
vance, in welcoming Mr. Neel to the city
among the hills and in commending him
to the people of Floyd as a young man
in every way well worthy of a most cor
dial welcome. He has recently returned
from Washington city, where, for three
years, he held a highly responsible posi
tion in the treasury department, filling
same with most marked ability and gain
ing .Yom highe- officials high recommen
dations. Rome, in the person of Mr.
Neel, will receive an acquisition to be
justly proud of, both among her legal
and social characters.—Alliance Herald.
Cartersville’s loss is Rome's gain. We
do not believe there is another young
man among our many clever and bright
ones who would be more generally miss
ed, or parted with more regretfully. Will
Neel has a warm place in the hearts of
Cartersville’s people, and he well deserves
it. With a solid moral bottom, a devo
tion to principle that always locates
him on the right side of every moral
question, and a degree of ability pos
s-seed by comparatively few, he must be
a valuable acquisition L > our sister city,
and she is to be congratulated upon se
curing him.
Mr. Nee' is devoted to the law practice,
and voluntarily surrendered a position
in the government’s service at Washing
ton city, where he was rapidly climbing
to the top round, ift order to pursue his
favorite vocation.
He is possessed of all the elements that
enter into the make-up of a successful
man, and we confidently expect to see
him rapidly move to the front rank in
Rome's able corps of legal lights.
The Courant-American, in common
with all the people of Bartow, wishes him
longlife and abundant success in all his
undertakings.
TUft lioyal Arcanum.
It is only about twelve years since the
Royal Arcanum was established. The
growing demand for some beneficiary
order established on business pi inciples
induced certain business men prominent
in the country to undertake the forma
tion of an organization that would meet
the exigencies of the case. The order
known as the Royal Arcanum was the
result, and it has been :i success from the
very date of its organization, the total
membership numbering now about 94,-
000. Those sections subject to epidemics
of one sort and another are studiously
and carefully avoided, and as a conse
quence the death rate has been less than
nine per 1,000 during the past twelve
years. Since its organization the Royal
Arcanum has paid out over $10,000,000
to the families of deceased members.
Besides the insurance feature, there is
also a provision for benefits in case of
sickness or disability.
Cartersville has a flourishing council
of this excellent order. Douglas Wikle,
Esq., is regent, and R. A. Clayton secret
tar.y. The meetings are held on the firsf
and third Thursday nights in each
month.
PORTER & VAUGHAN'S
Closing Out Sale
BUSINESS.-^—
ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 20TH
OUR BUYER LEAVES FOR NEW YORK
To Purchase
AN IMMENSE STOCK
OF FALL GOODS.
To make room for them, we arc compelled to offer our sum
mer stock at a great sacrifice. This sale is your gain. Don’t
fail to price our goods.
PORTER & VAUGHAN
Have Knocked the Bottom Out of Prices!
kite Goods, Satines, Muslins, Lawns,
Laces and Embroidery
To go at Give-Away Prices. A big lot of
Fine Custom-made Shoes for Ladies, Misses
and Children.
To go at reduced prices. These are celebrated makes.
Clement & Ball s Fine Shoes for Ladies!
J. F. Swain & Co.’s Fine Shoes for Misses and
Children.
A rare opportunity to buy fine Shoes. Just received a full line of
GENTS’ HATS,
Comprising all the new styles and colors in soft furs, crushers
and Derbies.
PORTER & VAUGHAN,
Leaders of First-Class Goods and Lowest Prices.
THE SOUTH FOR YOUNG MEN
The Broaile- Field and Better Opportuni
ties Which the South Offer*.
Franklin (N. C.) Time*.
The South of the future is not to be
the South of the past. Agriculture is no
longer to be the ruling industry, but one
of many industries, as great, or even
greater, than it was, but allied to oth
ers that will give new impetus and vigor
T;o it, and make the Southland hum with
renewed life and energy. In this career
of industrial development the South will
have need of the services of her young
men of genius, push and industry and
perseverance. There is room to-dav and
an inviting field for thousands of this
kind. She needs civil engineers, mining
experts, architects and pattern makers,
machinists, molders, carpenters, stone
cutters and brickmasons, skilled opera
tives in factory and shop. She needs
every man with a bright brain, trained
muscles and skilled fingers, to take part
in and help on this grand work of indus
trial development.
There is a bet ter opportunity in this
field for the young man of genius, pluck
and patience, better prospects for pro
motion and the acquisition of wealth
than any of the overcrowded professions
offer, where so few reach the top, so
many struggle on the way and meet
with disappointments at every turn. The
professions of law and medicine, which
seem to have a fascination for our edu
cated young men, are now, and have
been for years, overcrowded, and yet
every year adds to the numbei of those
who enter them. The field for service
does not expand in proportion to the
increased dumber of those who seek it,
and the consequence is a division of a
limited business aifinugHn many that
only a few of recognized superiority and
reparation are reasonably paid for their
time and knowledge. We say this with
out any disposition to disparage either
of these respectable and honorabb pro
fessions.
Hut the field of manufacturing indus
tries is wide aud inviting, becoming
wider and more inviting every year, and
there is no danger of its being over
crowded. There is the opening for our
bright and amtdtious young men who
wish to strike out for themselves and
hew their way to fortune and fame.
It is said that the Hon. James 11.
Guerry, the newly elected judge of the
Pataula circuit, will be a candidate for
Congress in the second district next year.
I'h" ip*’ Legion Reunion.
Marietta .Tonrnal.
(iuite a large meeting of the survivor*
of “Phillips’ Legion" resident in poblt,
met in the court house last Tuesday.
It was determined,
Ist, That the survivors resident i*
Cobb extend a most earnest invitation
to their comrades and their families to
meets them on the 21st inst., as their
guests.
2nd, That arrangements be made to
meet aud provide homes for all non-resi
dent comrades who will come to Ma
rietta on the day previous to the re
union.
3d. That all veterans and their fami
lies resident in Cobb be invited as their
guests.
4th, That for the purpose of having
an opportunity of seeing and conversing
with their old comrades and of becoming
acquainted with their families that the
day be observed as a “family reunion”
and social enjoyment, and not as a
“general barbecue” for eating and
speech-making.
The welcome address will be made by
Miss May Manning. Responses by Judge
A. S. Erwin and Judge Buchanan. After
dinner a memorial service led by Rev
Dr. Headden, of Rome, followed by Rev!
W. D. Anderson, and others. Every pri
vate will have an opportunity to my
what he leels iike. Reports of com dt
tees appointed at Dalton will be made in
afternoon meeting.
We n*k that the papers of IforVow,
Polk, CheroKoe, Lumpkin, •Hatiemhain)
<.o*Cta, Bibb, Baldwin aud Greeu, pub
lish this notice.
All parties wishing any information
will write to the secretary, Mr. Geo. M.
Manning, Marietta, Ga.
Committee of arrangements—A. C. Ed
wards, Jno. D. Gann, M. L. Green, ,T R
Murdock, Jno. T. Race, W. P. Stephens,
B. J. Hamby, B. A. Osborn and Joe
Dunn.
Committee on Programme—Gen. Wm.
Phillips, Dr. X. X. Gober, W. R. M ont !
gomery, Jno. A. Massey, j, tv. Rozeman.
ItaptizeU at tue oi
Hawkinsville, Aug. 5.-01d Uncle Red
Thomas, a worthy colored man well
known here since Hawkinsville was a
swamp, professed religion and was bap
tized here yesterday evening. He was
aged 102 years. There was consider able
feeling among both white aud colored as
the white headed old man made his way
into the water.
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